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Research in Rapperswil

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Rapperswil, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.1k
▲ 141% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.1k
7.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Rapperswil

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Rapperswil?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1OST - Ostschweizer FachhochschuleUniversity 672 #3,840
2University of Applied Sciences RapperswilUniversity 373 #14,873 all time
3Mine Safety Appliances (Switzerland)Company 39 not ranked
4LafargeHolcim (Switzerland)Company 4 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule: 61.8%University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil: 34.3%Mine Safety Appliances (Switzerland): 3.6%LafargeHolcim (Switzerland): 0.4%62%largest
OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule672 · 61.8%University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil373 · 34.3%Mine Safety Appliances (Switzerland)39 · 3.6%LafargeHolcim (Switzerland)4 · 0.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Rapperswil work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Rapperswil is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Social Sciences (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 291 fractional works · 49.3% of its workEngineering: 155 fractional works · 26.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 5.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 27 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 58 fractional works · 9.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 201 fractional works · 34.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 62 fractional works · 10.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 77 fractional works · 13.1% of its workMedicine: 50 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRapperswil590fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences34%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering15526.3%
    2. Computer Science589.9%
    3. Environmental Science284.7%
    4. Materials Science142.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.4%
    6. Energy81.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy71.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering61.0%
    9. Mathematics40.7%
    10. Chemistry20.3%
    1. Social Sciences7412.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting6210.5%
    3. Psychology325.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities213.5%
    5. Decision Sciences71.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.9%
    1. Medicine508.5%
    2. Health Professions274.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology81.4%
    2. Neuroscience81.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Rapperswil?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Big Data, Governance, Leadership and Mobile Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability41▲ 2.8×31 topics
  2. Renewable Energy36▲ 4.2×25 topics
  3. Sustainable Development34▲ 3.7×14 topics
  4. Digital Transformation27▲ 8.5×8 topics
  5. Big Data25▲ 4.4×13 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence22▲ 2.6×13 topics
  7. Leadership19▲ 6.7×8 topics
  8. Governance19▲ 9.7×4 topics
  9. Mobile Health18▲ 21×3 topics
  10. Customer Experience17▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Renewable Energy Integration15▲ 8.0×5 topics
  12. Thermal Management15▲ 7.7×4 topics
  13. Vibration Analysis15▲ 9.2×5 topics
  14. E-commerce14▲ 4.2×4 topics
  15. Social Innovation14▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Fluid Dynamics14▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Business Models13▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Engineering13▲ 50×2 topics
  19. Materials Science13▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Mathematical Modeling13▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Turbine Technology13▲ 132×1 topic
  22. Organizational Change13▲ 28×4 topics
  23. Omni-Channel Strategy13▲ 103×1 topic
  24. Technology Innovation13▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse12▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Socio-Technical Systems12▲ 83×3 topics
  27. Additive Manufacturing12▲ 6.6×4 topics
  28. Professional Development12▲ 9.7×4 topics
  29. Bildungsungleichheit12▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Ethnografisches Schreiben12▲ 72×1 topic
  31. Employee Engagement11▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Supervision11▲ 61×2 topics
  33. Agility11▲ 129×1 topic
  34. Generation Management11▲ 129×1 topic
  35. Urban Development10▲ 4.8×4 topics
  36. Renewable Resources10▲ 9.5×4 topics
  37. Interdisciplinary Research9▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Innovation Policy8▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Digital Social Innovation8▲ 113×1 topic
  40. Knowledge Engineering8▲ 113×1 topic

What research is done in Rapperswil?

Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 13 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 11 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…11Digital Innovation in Industries: 11 fractional worksCorporate Management and…10Corporate Management and Leadership: 10 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 8 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 6 fractional worksEngineering and Material…6Engineering and Materials Science Studies: 6 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 5 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: 5 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 5 fractional works
Computational MechanicsSociology and Political ScienceManagement of Technology and InnovationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 13 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  3. 3 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 11 works
  4. 4 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  5. 5 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  6. 6 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  7. 7 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  9. 9 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5 works
  10. 10 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 5 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Rapperswil15.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.0% in 2020.

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